This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
Susan Blakely
as Frances Farmer
Lee Grant
as Lillian Farmer
Royal Dano
as Ernest Farmer
Joe Lambie
as Bill Anderson
John Heard
as Clifford Odets
Melanie Mayron
as Sophie
Leonardo Cimino
as Adolph Zukor
Jack Creley
as Professor Williams
James Eckhouse
as Harold Clurman
Jeannie Elias
as Lottie
Joseph Maher
as 1st Doctor
Bruce Ornstein
as John Garfield